Boyer Quotes & Sayings

If you are not taking the time to set your own goals, chances are pretty high someone else is doing it for you. So don't be surprised someday when you end up someplace you never hoped to be. — Mark W. Boyer

In order for someone to be 100% content, they must first believe it to be so. — Mark W. Boyer

If you are not willing to give a less experienced qualified professional a chance, don't complain you are charged double for a job worth half. — Mark W. Boyer

Once you expect great things from yourself, anything is possible. — Mark W. Boyer

There is nothing more stimulating to the senses than that of a female body freshly emerged from a steaming hot shower, bathed in oils and feminine scents ... well nothing except maybe a freshly opened package of chocolate double-stuffed Oreos. — Mark W. Boyer

Never place someone so high on a pedestal that if they should fall ... you get crushed. — Mark W. Boyer

Time is the most valuable commodity we have to offer the world. Don't be afraid to share. — Mark W. Boyer

If you want to know how a manager is performing ask to see their data, really want to know ... ask those that report to them. — Mark W. Boyer

Color can be measured in the depth of ones' skin, however character is measured by the content of ones' heart. — Mark W. Boyer

I respect a woman who can respect me when I'm not around. — Mark W. Boyer

It is easy to lead from the front when there are no obstacles before you, the true colors of a leader are exposed when placed under fire. — Mark W. Boyer

The most gratifying action plan that one can conceive is one that others deem unattainable only to be proven wrong. — Mark W. Boyer

When all is said and done we simply must make teaching in this country an honorable profession-since it's in the classrooms of America where the battle for excellence, ultimately, will be won or lost. — Ernest L. Boyer

Dare to think the unimaginable, imagine the unthinkable, dream of that which will never happen, yet continue to aspire and to test the limits of your very being and those around you. — Mark W. Boyer

Our most consequential human problems will be resolved, not through competition, but collaboration ... what we need in education is a learning climate in which students work together. In such an atmosphere, truth emerges as authentic insights are conscientiously exchanged. — Ernest L. Boyer

The excitement of vitamins, nutrition and metabolism permeated the environment. — Paul D. Boyer

If you constantly make it clear that you are unwilling to budge, don't get upset when no one is around who's willing to give you a push. — Mark W. Boyer

A knowledgeable manager can lend to the success of an organization "almost" as much as a poorly trained manager can damage it. — Mark W. Boyer

If you aren't hurting after a good workout then obviously you haven't done something right — Mark W. Boyer

If you cannot find it within you to withstand the negative in your life, you'll never manage to recognize the good — Mark W. Boyer

Over and over, expanding scientific knowledge has shown religious claims to be false. — Paul D. Boyer

Her death contributed to my later interest in studying biochemistry, an interest that has not been fulfilled in the sense that my accomplishments remain more at the basic than the applied level. — Paul D. Boyer

Exactly what good are our eyes if they are not willing to see what's right before us? — Mark W. Boyer

Life is not complicated or finicky, it will gladly take you anywhere you choose to go. — Mark W. Boyer

A slew of cognitive traits predisposes us to faith, — Pascal Boyer

When it's all said and done remember, You are only as old as you look. — Mark W. Boyer

I play Dr. Karen Boyer in 'Spies Like Us.' She's strong, intelligent and dedicated and just happens to be beautiful. — Donna Dixon

When lost in darkness he who lights the way, marks himself as easy prey. — Mark W. Boyer

A person with money who chooses to spend it on you, takes little effort and is meaningless. However, a person with no time who manages to spend what little they have on you ... this means everything and should appreciated. — Mark W. Boyer

If better is possible at what point is good, good enough? — Mark W. Boyer

Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit. — Ernest L. Boyer

Creativity is making regret free mistakes, Wisdom is knowing which ones have value — Mark W. Boyer

Competition is created from within, when you make a conscious decision to demand more from yourself. — Mark W. Boyer

Wouldn't it be wonderful if every home had good books instead of knick-knacks and plastic flowers on the bookshelves? And wouldn't it be great if every child heard good speech and received thoughtful answers to their questions instead of 'be quiet' or 'go to bed'? — Ernest L. Boyer

All leading from the rear gets you, is first place at the back of the line. — Mark W. Boyer

It can be sad how time may change things in our lives, yet let us not forget we always maintain the power to choose whether or not to be happy about the changes it brings. — Mark W. Boyer

Our lives are a novel being written. We are its author. Every action we encounter and every person we meet has a role and a place in our ultimate story. It is in our control to decide the level of how, who and what impacts us and how large a role we decide to assign each. — Mark W. Boyer

The funny thing about having any kind of moustache or beard is it grows on you - in two ways. I mean, it grows on you. It also becomes part of your identity. I've had it for 40 years. I don't think I would recognize the person in the mirror without it. — John W. Boyer

It matters not how fast light may travel, darkness shall always be there awaiting its arrival. — Mark W. Boyer

Allow the beauty of all that we love be reflected in who we are and in our actions. — Mark W. Boyer

In marked contrast to the University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry was hardly visible at Stanford in 1945, consisting of only two professors in the chemistry department. — Paul D. Boyer

The more she turned right the more I turned wrong. — Mark W. Boyer

The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds. — Paul D. Boyer

I've discovered I am most comfortable outside my comfort zone. — Mark W. Boyer

We all must do what we have to do to get where we need to be. Ultimately, you make that final decision yourself. — Mark Boyer

If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer. — Paul D. Boyer

Just because you may be a Genious, does not mean you are Smart. — Mark W. Boyer

The fundamentalist violence is, so is it, an attempt to increase the stakes, i.e. to discourage the potential desertions by showing that defection will cost them dear, that those who adopt other values will be persecuted or even killed. — Pascal Boyer

In a flash of insight, he wondered: could one use Boyer's enzyme to sever a plasmid precisely and use the sticky ends to attach a second DNA fragment? The hybrid plasmid might then be inserted into bacteria for cloning. The startling concept, if found to work, might solve the randomness and inefficiency of his plasmid transfer procedure. — Sally Hughes

We all cannot do everything or solve every issue. "It's impossible", however, if we each simply do our part. Make our own contribution, regardless of how small we may think it is ... together it adds up and great things get accomplished. — Mark W. Boyer

I have a tendency to be lucky and make the right choices based on limited information. — Paul D. Boyer

Tell me again about how it's impossible to do and how it can't be done, then get out of my way and watch me do it. — Mak W Boyer

A Frenchwoman, when double-crossed, will kill her rival; the Italian woman would rather kill her deceitful lover; the Englishwoman simply breaks off relations-but they all will console themselves with another man. — Charles Boyer

It is not the rough times endured that define your relationship, it's how you deal with them and bounce back. — Mark W. Boyer

Remorse overwhelmed the old man. He had indeed been foolish to agree to allow this game to dictate the outcome of their dispute. This was not the way such matters were usually resolved. Not only was the current contest unusual, but there was also a question as to the morality of deciding the matter in this way. — Dennis B. Boyer

Book CoverTo have people who are well informed but not constrained by conscience is conceivably, the most dangerous outcome of education possible. Indeed it could be argued that ignorance is better than unguided intelligence, for the most dangerous people are those who have knowledge without a moral framework. — Ernest L. Boyer

As I watched my grandfather work with people who were impoverished, I began to understand that to be truly human, one must serve. — Ernest L. Boyer

Give a person a job you help them pay some bills, teach them how to find a career and you provide them with sustenance for life! — Mark W. Boyer

Being a good leader does not require you possessing a fancy title, no more than possessing a fancy title makes you a good leader. — Mark W. Boyer

No matter how slow or long it takes, it is never too late to right a wrong. — Mark W. Boyer

It was always assumed that I would go to college. — Paul D. Boyer

We hear a lot of talk these days about teaching values in higher education. Frankly, I am not sure this can be accomplished through a separate course in morality or ethics. I am convinced, however, that values are sustained on campus by the honesty of our words, and by the confidence we have in the words of others. — Ernest L. Boyer

Some people awake each morning dreading the day looking for the negatives in their lives and in others, while some awaken fresh appreciating the opportunity to contribute to life, making the world a better place and see the positives. Neither is right or wrong for we are human, we all make a conscience choice everyday as to who we shall be. — Mark W. Boyer

The heretic was brought before the Supreme Judge unrestrained, there was no fear that he would flee. The room in which the heretic now stood was thoroughly secured, although the man had no intention of trying to escape anyhow. — Dennis B. Boyer

When you make a choice, there is always a cost, remind yourself of this when you find yourself procrastinating. — Jeff Boyer

Have ten successful people share their recipe for success and you shall receive ten different versions. What is your recipe ,and why not add the first ingredient today? Develop a plan. — Mark W. Boyer

That love at first sight should happen to me, was Life's most delicious revenge on a self-opinionated fool. — Charles Boyer

A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement. — Paul D. Boyer

Whenever I'm running an hour late for for work, it always makes me feel better when I can leave an hour early at the end of the day to make up for it. — Mark W. Boyer

People tend to spend so much time focusing on what they feel they can't do, rather examining the true potential of what they can. — Mark W. Boyer

To put it simply, school readiness means creating in this country a public love of children. — Ernest L. Boyer

Education is a seamless web: one level of learning relates to every other. — Ernest L. Boyer

It may sound strange, but I get the inspiration for most of my Dreams while I'm sleeping. — Mark W. Boyer

Often times it isn't the quality of your candidates, it's the quality of your interview. — Mark W. Boyer

[R]eligious concepts are parasitic upon moral intuitions. — Pascal Boyer

Sometimes we just have to suck it up and do what we have to do, until we are able to do what we want to do. — Mark W. Boyer

Whether it be training, dieting, working out, or work ethic, for every great excuse "Not" to do something, there are 100 "better" reasons for you to do it. — Mark W. Boyer

Envision in your mind what you expect from life, focus on your plan ... whether good or bad you can anticipate its arrival. The choice is then yours to accept it. — Mark W. Boyer

Making someone feel visible is one of the greatest gifts you can give another human being, especially children, — D.E. Boyer

In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers that we give to full professors, this one act alone would revitalize the nation's schools. — Ernest L. Boyer

After reading some of my stories, I once had a friend say to me, "I'd love to spend five minutes in your head to see what's going on in there." I warned them, "If you spent five seconds in my mind you'd probably run out screaming and never speak to me again. — Mark W. Boyer

Music gives us a language that cuts across the disciplines, helps us to see connections and brings a more coherent meaning to our world. — Ernest L. Boyer

I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer. — Vincente Minnelli

Industry is far more efficient than the university in making use of scientific developments for the public good.
Reported in 1981, as a co-founder of Genentech, Inc., a company to offer gene-splicing products. — Herbert Boyer

I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president. — Paul D. Boyer

The connectedness of things is what the great university is all about, and I believe the great university in the coming century will be described as a community of scholars. — Ernest L. Boyer

Preaching love disguised as hate is worst than screaming aloud to the world the darkness within you — Mark W. Boyer

Based upon the pictures, I concluded that about 60 percent of all college classes in the United States are held outside, underneath a tree, usually by a gently flowing stream. — Ernest L. Boyer

The war project at Stanford was essentially completed, and I accepted an offer of an Assistant Professorship at the University of Minnesota, which had a good biochemistry department. — Paul D. Boyer

For a man to challenge the darkness he need only be armed with a single spark. — Mark W. Boyer

My two most unproductive days of the week have always been yesterday and tomorrow. Keeping that in mind, I try to focus majority of my attention on today. — Mark W. Boyer

There is not a more powerful weapon upon this earth capable of inflicting more damage, pain and suffering than a betrayal of the heart. — Mark Boyer

More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding. — Paul D. Boyer

When you make the decision to give something to a person who has nothing, that something has just become their everything. — Mark W. Boyer

Often times it is difficult to rely on your judgment when the focus on your true objective is out of alignment. — Mark W. Boyer

The assumption of all education is that learning will be directed toward constructive ends and I'm convinced that colleges should support students in their determination to be useful, self-sufficient, and productive. — Ernest L. Boyer

A person's success is often limited by the level of their desire to succeed — Mark W. Boyer

An unexpected benefit of my career in biochemistry has been travel. — Paul D. Boyer

Cohen and Boyer achieved a long-sought goal in molecular biology: the invention of a simple and efficient method for selecting specific genes from any imaginable organism and accurately reproducing the genetic material in pure and unlimited quantity. — Sally Hughes

You can tell how often a person thinks of you by how often they tell you they think of you. — Mark W. Boyer